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<blockquote data-quote="Dire Bare" data-source="post: 8248763" data-attributes="member: 18182">Fantasy stories can be as diverse as sci-fi stories, but they do evolve pre-Tolkien from European fairy tales and folklore, which got locked into a romanticized medievalesque setting as the Industrial Revolution got underway in the mid to late 19th century. Then Tolkien's Middle-Earth stories came along and had a huge impact in defining and popularizing the genre . . . fantasy has yet to escape J.R.R.'s shadow (not that I'm complaining).Despite the impact of Star Wars and Star Trek, arguably the most popular and well-loved sci-fi settings (or really, sci-fantasy settings) . . . the sci-fi genre hasn't had it's &quot;Tolkien&quot; and so the more diverse stories compete for our attention . . . making it harder to define a &quot;sci-fi default&quot;.I think certain elements of sci-fi have become &quot;generic&quot; . . . . laser guns, FTL, plethora of sentient aliens . . . . but nothing that could be considered a coherent default setting.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Dire Bare, post: 8248763, member: 18182"] Fantasy stories can be as diverse as sci-fi stories, but they do evolve pre-Tolkien from European fairy tales and folklore, which got locked into a romanticized medievalesque setting as the Industrial Revolution got underway in the mid to late 19th century. Then Tolkien's Middle-Earth stories came along and had a huge impact in defining and popularizing the genre . . . fantasy has yet to escape J.R.R.'s shadow (not that I'm complaining). Despite the impact of Star Wars and Star Trek, arguably the most popular and well-loved sci-fi settings (or really, sci-fantasy settings) . . . the sci-fi genre hasn't had it's "Tolkien" and so the more diverse stories compete for our attention . . . making it harder to define a "sci-fi default". I think certain elements of sci-fi have become "generic" . . . . laser guns, FTL, plethora of sentient aliens . . . . but nothing that could be considered a coherent default setting. [/QUOTE]

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